THIRD PARTY and
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES:(Note: Parties with ballot status in at least one state — based on 2012 ballot status — listed first, then all others under the INDEPENDENT & WRITE-IN CANDIDATES header).

New Hampshire Political Library – This site contains just about anything you could ever want to know about the influential New Hampshire Presidential primary — including a directory of every candidate who ever ran in the NH primary. Maintained by the New Hampshire State Library, St. Anselm College, the New Hampshire State Archives and the New Hampshire Historical Society.

C-SPAN: Road to the White House – Information, links and some streaming video events from one of the nation’s leading sources of raw political television coverage. Covers the various likely Presidential candidates. Constantly updated.

Ballot Access News – This respected publication — founded in 1985 by Libertarian activist Richard Winger — tracks the attempts of third party and independent candidates for various offices to secure ballot access in the 50 states. The site also tracks changes in the law, court challenges and other interesting tidbits of third party news you usually won’t find elsewhere. Use this page to stay current on which third party and independent candidates will and won’t appear on your state’s general election ballot.

Democracy in Action: P2016 – A great site has lots of detailed information on the 2012 Presidential contest. Published by Eric Appleman of GWU. Eric has been covering the White House races starting with the 2000 elections. Very useful, well balanced. A great resource..

Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections – Dave Leip prepared this very informative site, which provides historic voting results from the Presidential general elections of 1860-2012. Covers the vote totals for the major party nominees and the top 2-3 third party nominees in each race. Colorful maps and graphs, too.

PollingReport.com – Why bother reinventing the wheel and writing our own poll tracking page when this excellent page already exists. To follow the trends in all of the latest polls in the White House race, simply visit this site.

Commission on Presidential Debates – Established by leaders of the two major parties to ensure that debates remain a permanent part of every general election, this nonprofit and bipartisan organization sponsored all the general election Presidential debates since 1988. Their controversial and restrictive participation rules largely exclude third party candidates (even the major ones) from participating in these nationally televised debates.

VicePresidents.com – No one pays much attention to Vice Presidents — or, at least, they didn’t used to — except for these guys. History, trivia, quotes, bios, and more.

4President.org – An online museum of Presidential campaign brochures, bumper stickers and key speches from 1960 through the 2008 campaign. A great site for political junkies.

The Living Room Candidate – The American Museum of the Moving Image presents this great online museum of Presidential campaign TV commercials. The ads, which cover every election since 1952 (Ike vs. Stevenson), are an amazing resource.